ASWB NASW Code of Ethics
1.01 Commitment to Clients - ANS-Social workers' primary responsibility is to promote the
well-being of clients.
1.02 Self Determination - ANS-Social workers respect and promote the right of
self-determination and assist clients in their efforts to identify and clarify their goals. Social
workers may limit clients' right to self-determination when, in the social workers' professional
judgement, clients' actions or potential actions pose a serious, foreseeable, and imminent risk to
themselves or others.
1.03 Informed Consent - ANS-a) Social workers should provide services to clients only in the
context of a professional relationship based, when appropriate, on valid informed consent.
Social workers should use clear and understandable language to inform clients of the purpose
of the services, risks related to the services, limits to services because of the requirements of a
third-party payer, relevant costs, reasonable alternatives, clients' right to refuse or withdraw
consent, and the time frame covered by the consent. SW should provide clients with an
opportunity to ask questions.
b) In case clients may not be literate, SW should take steps to ensure clients' comprehension.
c) In case clients lack the capacity to provide informed consent, an appropriate third party
permission is necessary.
d) In cases of involuntarily clients, SW should provide information about the nature and extent of
services and about the extent of client's right to refuse service.
e) SW who provide services via electronic media should inform clients about limitations and
risks associated.
1. 04 Competence - ANS-a) SW should provide services and represent themselves as
competent only within the boundaries of their education, training, license, certification,
consultation received, supervised experience, or other relevant professional experience.
b) SW should provide services in substantive areas or use intervention techniques or
approaches that are new to them only after engaging in appropriate study, training, consultation,
and supervision from people who are competent in those interventions or techniques.
1.05 Cultural Competence and Social Diversity - ANS-a) Social workers should understand
culture and its function in human behavior and society, recognizing the strengths that exists in
all cultures.
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